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40/29 Speaks Exclusively to Parents Angry at Bus Driver

A bus driver takes a young girl into his personal vehicle and her father spoke exclusively to 40/29 News.

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Updated: 1:32 PM CST Feb 1, 2015

40/29 Speaks Exclusively to Parents Angry at Bus Driver

A bus driver takes a young girl into his personal vehicle and her father spoke exclusively to 40/29 News.

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Updated: 1:32 PM CST Feb 1, 2015

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WEBVTT JONATHAN ROSELLE SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE PARENT OF THAT STUDENT. HE TELLS US WHAT THE SCHOOL IS DOING TO MAKE SURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. I TALKED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE FATHER OF THE GIRL WHO WAS DROPPED OFF HER BUT WAS NOT DROPPED OFF AT SCHOOL. VERY CONCERNED. NERVOUS. DARRELL LEE SAYS LAST TUESDAY HIS DAUGHTER STARTED THE MORNING AT THE BUS STOP. HOURS LATER WHEN SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT SCHOOL SHE WASN'T. ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL, THE LITTLE GROWTH AT A STOMACH ACHE AND THE SCHOOL SAYS THE BUS DRIVER DECIDED TO PUT HER ON HIS OWN TRUCK, CALL HER MOM, AND DRIVE HER HOME. WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED? WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF MY WIFE HAD NOT ANSWERED HER PHONE? WOULD HE HAD TAKEN HER TO HIS HOUSE? TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MAP. THE TWO DROVE ABOUT 13 MILES FROM HUNTSVILLE TO HER BUS STOP IN WESLEY. WE HAVE ASKED HER QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING INAPPROPRIATE HAPPENED. HUNTSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE WON'T TALK ON CAMERA BUT DID TELL ME THEY HAVE DONE A FULL INVESTIGATION BUT ONCE A EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. THEY ALSO SAY THEY TALKED TO BUS DRIVERS, REMINDING THEM THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE A KID WHO IS NOT THERE IS A WRITING IN THEIR PERSONAL CARS.

40/29 Speaks Exclusively to Parents Angry at Bus Driver

A bus driver takes a young girl into his personal vehicle and her father spoke exclusively to 40/29 News.